Professor Reilly teaches courses in American politics and political methodology. His research interests lie in the areas of political behavior, social networks, and political communication. In particular, he focuses on how communication barriers and differential levels of social connectedness affect the spread of political ideas through social networks and change the way individuals interact with the political and social contexts in which they are embedded.

Courses:

Introduction to American PoliticsPublic OpinionModern American Political RealignmentQuantitative Analysis of Political DataResearch Design in Political Science

Publications:

"Noise, Bias, and Expertise in Political Communication Networks." Social Networks, 2013. (with Robert Huckfeldt and Matthew T. Pietryka.)

"Networks, Interdependence, and Social Influence in Politics." In The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, 2nd ed. 2013. (with Robert Huckfeldt, Jeffery J. Mondak, Matthew Hayes, and Matthew T. Pietryka.)